Apples!

Hello!  Similar to the story of the bananas and tulips, I was affronted by the beauty of two apples sitting on the same plate on the table by the kitchen window:

Excuse the glares, please.  It's wet oil! 

Plein Air with Musser 3

Friday afternoon Andy met me at my place and we walked down to the Platte River to do a quick plein air painting.  I was especially excited because I'd been yearning a long time to paint some of the awesome scenery around my apartment in the highlands just north of downtown Denver. We got a choice spot on a rock that juts out into the river, giving us an unobstructed view of the pedestrian bridge.  Here is a cell phone photo of our local:

 And my study of the bridge:

That's it for now, thanks for stopping by!

Still Life: Bananas and Tulips

As I walked by the table under our kitchen window, I saw these sitting there and was instantly inspired to paint them.  The positioning was already there; I don't know if I subconsciously arranged them the day before to make a nice still life, but all I had to do was removed a few pieces of mail and a tupperware container and I had my composition.
I had got the tulips for Dori's birthday and had wanted to paint them before they withered away.  Though Tulips are her favorite flower, Dori is disgusted by bananas, so there's a nice wee bit of irony to the picture.